The Andy Wallace Interviews, Talks About LINKIN PARK and more.

[Stranger]

Not sure if this has been shared before but here it is! ps: Andy Wallace rarely did an interview, this one is really an interesting one!

 

From the YouTube description:

 

"In this episode, I sit down with legendary mixing engineer/producer Andy Wallace, whose credits include some of the most iconic albums of all time, from Nirvana and Rage Against the Machine to Linkin Park, Jeff Buckley, and Slayer. We talk about his mixing philosophy, his groundbreaking work with these bands, and the stories behind the sessions that shaped modern music."

 

 

 

[Darkstryder]

Thank you very much for this, Andy Wallace is a hero of mine and his perfect mixes of HT and Meteora got me a lifelong passion for music production. The guy hardly does any interviewes and this one is super great. Thanks again.

Edited August 7 by Darkstryder

[BartBart91]

9 hours ago, Darkstryder said:

Thank you very much for this, Andy Wallace is a hero of mine and his perfect mixes of HT and Meteora got me a lifelong passion for music production. The guy hardly does any interviewes and this one is super great. Thanks again.

 

He also mixed The Hunting Party. He also mixed the songs "Violence," "Stockholm Syndrome," "Go," and "Easy Target" from Blink-182's great album, "Blink-182."

[Trumtram]

43 minutes ago, BartBart91 said:

 

He also mixed The Hunting Party.

I did not know that. Wow, Wtf?

[NimaLP]

I kept skipping until I got to the part they started talking about Hybrid Theory and Meteora. This was a very interesting interview. I wish we could get more of Andy talking about mixing LP's songs in the documentaries or LPTVs. I also liked that they talked about Easier To Run. It's one of my favorite songs off of Meteora, even though it ain't that popular with a lot of people and the band members themselves.

[BartBart91]

13 minutes ago, NimaLP said:

I kept skipping until I got to the part they started talking about Hybrid Theory and Meteora. This was a very interesting interview. I wish we could get more of Andy talking about mixing LP's songs in the documentaries or LPTVs. I also liked that they talked about Easier To Run. It's one of my favorite songs off of Meteora, even though it ain't that popular with a lot of people and the band members themselves.

 

Easier To Run is not a bad song, but for me it is the weakest song on Meteora.

[RentEznor]

On 8/8/2025 at 10:09 AM, Trumtram said:

I did not know that. Wow, Wtf?

 

I found out that information a couple of days after the album came out. The band kinda mentioned him in some interviews but they didn't make too much noise about it. Like, the legendary guy who mixed your 2 biggest records of your entire catalogue? Would be pretty logical to properly credit him, it was somewhat odd, the entire THP era still feels off to me anyway.

 

On 8/8/2025 at 11:46 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

Easier To Run is not a bad song, but for me it is the weakest song on Meteora.

 

I totally get why the band might think it's a bit too melodramatic but it's still a decent song, really like the synths/ambient sounds, Mike/Joe have always nailed them.

Edited August 13 by RentEznor

[LPLStaff]

Easier to Run is really great. Love that Rick and Andy talked about it. Emily would absolutely nail that song.

[xxHybridXeroxx]

On 8/8/2025 at 3:24 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

He also mixed The Hunting Party.

This is news to me as well, holy shit! 

 

18 minutes ago, LPLStaff said:

Easier to Run is really great. Love that Rick and Andy talked about it. Emily would absolutely nail that song.

Great song yeah. Always thought it was too personal to Chester’s life to play now, but now that you mention that I kinda do wanna hear her take on it. Would be interesting, I agree she’d absolutely nail it. 

[BartBart91]

On 8/13/2025 at 11:31 PM, RentEznor said:

 

I found out that information a couple of days after the album came out. The band kinda mentioned him in some interviews but they didn't make too much noise about it. Like, the legendary guy who mixed your 2 biggest records of your entire catalogue? Would be pretty logical to properly credit him, it was somewhat odd, the entire THP era still feels off to me anyway.

 

 

I totally get why the band might think it's a bit too melodramatic but it's still a decent song, really like the synths/ambient sounds, Mike/Joe have always nailed them.

 

Why does the whole THP era feel strange to you?

[RentEznor]

On 8/18/2025 at 9:45 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

Why does the whole THP era feel strange to you?

 

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live.

 

Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

Edited September 7 by RentEznor

[BartBart91]

19 hours ago, RentEznor said:

 

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live.

 

Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

 

The Hunting Party is a good record.

[Soeffingnaive92]

On 8/14/2025 at 3:56 AM, LPLStaff said:

Easier to Run is really great. Love that Rick and Andy talked about it. Emily would absolutely nail that song.

I think that they're not gonna play it ever again, first and foremost because band members were vocal about not liking it that much, and second because it's really a deep cut that belongs to the "Chester" side of their discograpy, where the lyrics were so personal about abuse and trauma, one of their darker songs  

[bloodbath]

On 9/7/2025 at 3:31 PM, RentEznor said:

 

You needed to be there at the time but if you look up pretty much any interview on YT from some band members, especially Mike, he came off as if he was trying to prove something with the album like if they wouldn't had made any heavy songs before. I didn't mind it but at times it was too damn much, so much 3 years later they made their poppiest/softest record ever. You didn't need to prove anything, you needed to make a good record, which apparently they failed (kinda) to do as promised they made that album to be played live.

 

Maybe I'm cherry picking with some words but I still have a big gripe with that era.

 

On 9/8/2025 at 11:22 AM, BartBart91 said:

 

The Hunting Party is a good record.

The Hunting Party was essentially a Mike's album. He was the only really invested on it, that's why barely half of the songs ended up being played and has been barely forgotten. Plus, in that era seemed that every decision led to a bad outcome: Until it's Gone rejected for Transformers 4, GATS as the first single, fans rejecting the DJ Set, technical issues during the Berlin DVD filming, the cancelled US 2015 Tour. The whole era was a mess, and even though I love the record, for me was the worst period of the band (besides the Chester's death, obviously)